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... America , A. D. 1817 , Thomas Dobson and Son , of the said district , have deposited in this office the title of a book , the right whereof they claim as Proprietors , in the words following , to wit : " The American Register ; or ...
... America , A. D. 1817 , Thomas Dobson and Son , of the said district , have deposited in this office the title of a book , the right whereof they claim as Proprietors , in the words following , to wit : " The American Register ; or ...
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... America , during the war of their In- dependence ; translated from the French of the Me- moirs of Marshal Count de Rochambeau Fragment on Spanish Literature , translated from the French of Sismondi ; by John E. Smith , Esq . PAGE · 148 ...
... America , during the war of their In- dependence ; translated from the French of the Me- moirs of Marshal Count de Rochambeau Fragment on Spanish Literature , translated from the French of Sismondi ; by John E. Smith , Esq . PAGE · 148 ...
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... the primitive " staple of the mental frame of the Americans ; it is wrought " into the very stamina of all their institutions , political and 66 66 " social ; it thoroughly pervades and perceptibly INTRODUCTION . xili.
... the primitive " staple of the mental frame of the Americans ; it is wrought " into the very stamina of all their institutions , political and 66 66 " social ; it thoroughly pervades and perceptibly INTRODUCTION . xili.
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... American reader compare with our happy experience , the following pas- sage of an Address of the British Opposition of 1777 , to the Colonists in North America , written by Mr. Burke , more justly famed for political foresight , more ...
... American reader compare with our happy experience , the following pas- sage of an Address of the British Opposition of 1777 , to the Colonists in North America , written by Mr. Burke , more justly famed for political foresight , more ...
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monly entertained or affected by the British officers for the Americans in general . The national pride of André made it perhaps , incomprehensible to him , that three American husband- men could be superior to all temptations of gain ...
monly entertained or affected by the British officers for the Americans in general . The national pride of André made it perhaps , incomprehensible to him , that three American husband- men could be superior to all temptations of gain ...
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Page iv - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Page 359 - Congress provided that ... a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state in which a decision of the suit could be had...
Page 349 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Page 58 - Buoyed above the terror of death, by the consciousness of a life devoted to honorable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Page 349 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty, or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity ; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Page 339 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.
Page 56 - The Board having maturely considered these facts, DO ALSO REPORT to His Excellency General Washington, that Major Andre, Adjutant General to the British Army, ought to be considered as a Spy from the enemy ; and that, agreeable to the law and usage of nations, it is their opinion he ought to suffer death.
Page 326 - That no person arrested or confined in jail, shall be treated with unnecessary rigor, or be put to answer any criminal charge, but by presentment, indictment or impeachment.
Page 313 - Cush. 451, it was held, in an action against a town to recover damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of a defective...
Page 337 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.